Observing my mom through the stages of Alzheimer’s dementia has been a grievous process that I have in common with millions of families worldwide. I am not alone, yet my grief is lonely. Never before have I considered the connection between loss of choice to the loss of memory, time and identity. In my brief…
Author: The Commentarian
THE FOUNTAIN OF LIVING WATERS
The more that I read the bible, the more that I see the connections between the Old Testament and the New Testament. Here is a very brief sampling of this awareness recently received during my readings. Notice the connections of the themes of water, thirst and hope. JEREMIAH 17:13 O Lord, the HOPE of Israel,…
MOTIVATED BY GODLY SORROW
“For godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation, not to be regretted; but the sorrow of the world leads to death.” II Corinthians 7:10 As I started to search the background scriptures leading up to this verse, there were several points of consideration worthy of my attention. The Apostle Paul appealed to the readers (II…
WHAT BREAKS JESUS’ HEART?
There are 3 references of which I can find that specifically refer to the emotions of Jesus being demonstrated by crying and/or weeping. The things that make us cry are generally things that affect our hearts deeply…beyond the obvious physical pain in the body that generates tears fairly easily. Luke 19:41-44 “Now as He drew…
THE ULTIMATE FATHER WOUND
In his landmark book, Wild at Heart, John Eldridge writes, “Every boy, in his journey to become a man, takes an arrow in the center of his heart, in the place of his strength. Because this wound is rarely discussed and even more rarely healed, every man carries a wound. And the wound is nearly…